Laurel is a medium-sized city located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 20,054 people and 12 constituent neighborhoods, Laurel is the 74th largest community in Maryland.

Laurel is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Laurel is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Laurel who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.37%), sales jobs (11.02%), and management occupations (9.59%).

Also of interest is that Laurel has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In Laurel, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.42 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

For their daily commute to and from work, many people in Laurel choose to take public transit. Most of these commuters are using the subway.

Laurel Information and Demographics

The population of Laurel is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 36.18% of adults in Laurel have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Laurel in 2000 was $26,717, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,868 for a family of four.

Laurel is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Laurel home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Laurel is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Laurel include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

Laurel also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.49%.

The most common language spoken in Laurel is English. Some people also speak Spanish.